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Show DAMASCUS VlEW \\"ho can declare it? It ascent is o·lorious for ricw and woeful for its de ·a lat ion. The road, the cars, and the safety are testimonials of the gen ius of man, but the region through which the e operate is express ive of the maclclenecl r:1.ge of a nat ural force let loose. To visit to fair Italian shore will be complete without climbing \'esuv iu and breathing it atmosphere of de alation and possibility of destruction. ~or can the pilgrim return vvith ati faction until the City of Pompeii has been entered and a riew had of its fountains and fre coes, its temple and iorum, its theatre and arches, its costly adornment s of homes and public places, and it s eridence. of untold extravag·ance and unutterable destru ct ion. The cit\' of Rome was founded bv Romulus and Remu~ 750 years before Chri. t,- and is in every respec t, save one, the most wonderful city in the world. The sixteenth of pril found us there in a bewilderment of interesting and exci1ing memories, and time will not .oon, if ever, take from our memory the peculiar sen-ation that possessed us as we went forth to look upon the city that is and to g-aze upon the ruins of the city that was. Our (iuide wa competent and ver. atilc, and, under hi direct ions, we began to look upon the wonder. of the Eternal 'ity by proceedingimmediately to the Hriclgc of Saint ngelo. This ole! Driclg-e was built by I !adrian in the year 13() for the purpose of connecting the city and his cost ly mausoleum; and from Hadrian to 'aracalla, all the Emperors were buried therein. Subsequently it \-vas abandoned as a mausoleum and was used by the Roman citizen . as a fortre ss, from the top of which they threw de wn the marl1lc statues that adorned the edifice upon Page Ninety-nine |